Machine Base

• Box/cellular construction
• Stress relieved base
• Interior of base is open for easy access and cleaning
• Easily aligned and leveled from outside along the length of the machine

Machine Ways

• Accuracy along the length of the machine is better than .0005”/40” absolute
• Machine ways are precisely ground to accommodate hardened and ground steel bands
• Bands are placed on the top and inside of the carriage ways
• The ways, under the bands, are specially coated to prevent rust
• Bands can be easily and inexpensively replaced to maintain the grinders precise accuracy
• Adjustable way wipers also included

Grinding Head Carriage

• Easy access, operation, wheel changing, and adjustment from the front of the machine
• Designed with distance between bearings for stability and accuracy
• Provides even load distribution and maximum rigidity
• Carried on four horizontal adjustable race roller bearings
• Four bearings are used for carriage side alignment.
• Grinding motor head is mounted on adjustable, hardened, ground guides
• Anti-Lift Carriage Bearings

Primary Grinding Had

• 21.7HP
• 1800 RPM continuous duty rating
• Dynamically balanced & manufactured by Reform Motor Division
• Spindle mounted in precision taper roller bearings
• Bearing play removed with a nut assembly on the grinding head motor
• Motor is enclosed and sealed
• Windings are encapsulated in epoxy
• Head is tiltable for concave & surface grinding
• Reversing switch for main grinding motor included
• Head is cross-adjustable for hollow positioning

10” dia. grinding wheel & backing plate with a quick-change assembly

Grinding Head Down Feed & Control

• Servo motor for vertical feed of the primary honing head
• Vertical oversized ball screw eliminates any play
• The ball screw is axially pre-tightened to ensure automatic weight balancing
• The guide ways, spindle gear, and ball screws are mounted under covers
• Way wipers to protect guides
• Pre-tested with limit switches
• Power rise and fall to grinding head assembly via electronic hand-wheel control
• Automatic down feed is infinitely variable .0002” to .008” per pass (0.005 to 0.2 mm/pass)
• Impulse down feed also included
  • For maximum available horsepower usage during grinding process
  • Used for wheel ware compensation
• A.C. Servo motor automatic electronic down-feed system
  • Digital electronic control & position readout
  • Set finish point, grinder will proceed at a set down feed per stroke
  • Spark-Out Cycle, which is a preset number of strokes back and forth
  • Head returns to present location following full cycle

Grinding Programs

• Grinding Cycle
• Roughing
• Finishing
• Spark Out
• Return of Head to Start Position for re-start

Longitudinal Carriage Feed System

• A.C. Servo Drive – Infinitely variable feeds to the carriage (2” to 100 FPM)
• The feed system utilizes a rack and pinion drive system (Helical / Angle Cut)
• Rack is in approximately 40” long sections doweled into position for easy maintenance
• Grinding Length can be easily varied by movement of length stops
• Carriage is reversed by non-contacting proximity switches
• Longitudinal travel can be easily started or stopped by electrical means
• The Helical Pinion is belt driven so if there is a reverse failure:
  • Belt will slip rather than hurt the pinion
  • Carriage will go to the end of the machine and contact rubber hydraulic shock absorbers

Coolant System

• The coolant tank is at the rear along the length of the grinder
• Coolant travels through the spindle of the main motor and outer edge of the grinding head
• Mechanical valves control of flow to each coolant nozzle
• Full flush cooling ensures a cool knife, clean wheel, and super wheel life
• Cooling through the spindle also ensures constant motor temperature
• The coolant, with the swarf, flows into the tank for final separation and cooling
• Wash down hose supplied to clean knives and bed when grinding is complete
• Optional Accessories:  Automatic coolant cleaners

Electrical Equipment

• Touch screen control system mounted on electrical cabinet
• Remote Control furnished Mounted on the grinding carriage
• Y-Delta starter for main grinding head
• Soft start or low amperage start
• Ammeter and hour meter for main grinding head
• PLC Control
• Electrical panel pre-wired and at left end of machine
• Start, switch, and overload controls to U.L. and C.S.A. standards
• Controls are clearly arranged, comprising the main start-stop buttons
• All electrical components are Siemens
• Safety systems included:
  • Feed will not start unless bed is magnetized
  • Down feed of grinding head is locked
  • Master All-Stop Button
• Electronic Control Cabinet with conduit wiring acc. VDE regulation to UL/CSA standards
  • Coolant control, free standing, pre-wired for your voltage to machine

Magnetic Clamping Table

• 6 inch (150 mm) wide magnetic bed
• Sinusoidal pole for maximum holding power
• DQ Magnetism for complete magnetism to front edge of the bed
• Large turning shaft with pinion and gear turning
• Large micrometer dial to magnetic bed
• Special quick set-up knife aligning bar
• Magnetic beds can be reground 12 mm or 0.45” as any ware or roughness develops

Micro-Beveling & Honing Head

The honing spindle has, apart from the vertical and horizontal axis, a swiveling head (270 degrees), which is used for swiveling the spindle to the different angles.  After swiveling to the corresponding position, the head is Quick Clamped at the appropriate angle.

• For Face, (front) & back honing & grinding
• Equipped with swivel base with quick adjust clamps for precise secondary angle setting
• Equipped with vertical and horizontal bed ways and H.D. Base Assembly.
• Horizontal feed (Y-axis) by hand wheel
• Vertical feed (Z-axis) by hand wheel & power up/down for quick positioning
• Motor power 2 HP (1.5 kW), 3450 RPM
• Precision spindle assembly
• Also included Main Machine Base Extension for full-length Grinding & Honing.
• ZS attachment mounted on main carriage
• Normally a cup type (cylinder) wheel
  • Or formed wheel is used 5” diameter
• You can mount 2 Borazon wheels back to back so you can micro bevel/hone both under the knife edge and on top of the knife edge automatically
• Electrics, completely wired with all control buttons – to suit grinder electrics

Included with ZS Micro Beveling / Honing Head

• Double width carriage, which spreads the carriage roller bearings apart as much as possible.  This gives the carriage & grinding wheels even more stability
• Automatic electronic programmable feed (up/down-feed) to the ZS head
• Utilizing a Servo down-feed with Ball Screw for control and accuracy. The Feed of the Honing Head is through a Servo motor which is directly coupled to a vertical oversized ball screw with double nut assembly
• Digital position readout to the vertical axis of the ZS attachment
• Motorized vertical rise and fall
• Provides fully automatic down-feed or up-feed to the ZS attachment

Electrical Central Lubrication System

• Automatically distributes lubrication to key carriage components
• Automated system controlled by timer
• Eliminates the need for manual lubrication of many key components